20: Skinny Is Back in Fashion. FFS!
Ash Sarkar & Moya Lothian-McLean
The Ozempic era is upon us, but what’s driving the latest twist in toxic beauty standards?
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It’s the End of the Tory Party As We Know It (And I Feel Nothing)
James Butler paints a picture of Britain at a historic crossroads, waving fuckity bye to the Tories and bracing for Starmerism.
Who Runs Football?
David Goldblatt explains why billionaires and foreign investors love wasting their money on football clubs.
How Labour’s Left-Wing Firebrands Fought Back
Eleanor Penny Meets Andy Beckett
It’s not the first time the Labour left has seemed defeated, but the difference this time is that their ideas are more popular than ever. Can the left come back?
19: We’re Boiling With Rage
Ash Sarkar & Moya Lothian-McLean
Moya has a big theory about why everyone’s on such a short fuse these days.
Where Will Labour Invade This Time?
Eleanor Penny Meets David Wearing
From the war in Iraq to the Malaya counterinsurgency, Labour governments have been in power during some of Britain’s worst colonial blunders. What should we expect this time?
Can Football Explain the Far-Right Resurgence in Europe?
Our Euro 2024 podcast continues with Juliet Jacques and Tom Williams.
18: Why Does Everything Feel so Disposable?
A big theory prompted by a wardrobe clearout, and a dilemma about dating while living with parents.
Whatever Happened to the Israeli Left?
Rivkah Brown meets Noam Shuster-Eliassi and Haggai Matar.
Israel has swung hard to the right in the last few decades, but a left remains. They are calling not just for a ceasefire, but for an end to the apartheid regime. What power do they have?
Pro Revolution Soccer Returns for Euro 2024
Tom Williams and Juliet Jacques present a new series of the football podcast that doesn’t leave politics at the turnstile.
17: Feeling Seen W/ Nicola Dinan
Nicola Dinan, author of Bellies, talks to Moya and Ash about why we crave external validation.
Microdose: Notes on Camp
Has camp changed culture forever? The gang revisit Susan Sontag’s 1964 essay for an aesthetic Microdose.
16: How Do You Recover After Betrayal? W/ Chimene Suleyman
Moya and Ash talk to Chimene Suleyman, author of The Chain, about uncovering her ex-boyfriend’s secrets.
The Right Is Getting Real on Climate. Can We?
It’s time to turn our collective exhaustion into another form of climate politics, says Ajay Singh Chaudhary.
15: Dissociation Is My Superpower
Does the body keep the score? Ash and Moya explore the border between grief and trauma.
Trip 43: Cool
What’s cooler than being cool? The ACFM crew find out, with help from Miles Davis, the Stooges and Pierre Bourdieu.
The Dolls Hold All the Receipts
Jules Gill-Peterson, author of A Short History of Trans Misogyny, points to the richness of life beyond gender norms.
14: What Does It Mean to Live Authentically? W/ Oisín McKenna
Ash and Moya talk to Evenings And Weekends author Oisín McKenna about living authentically.